[The hon. secretary reported that the clover spreading in the district was forwarded by the general secretary1 to Baron Sir F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., who identified it as Trifolium subterraneum, an introduced, but inferior, clover. A fern found at Sanderston2 was identified by Baron von Mueller as Cheilanthes velleus,3 hitherto only known in Central Australian regions.]
Cheilanthes velleus
Trifolium subterraneum
Albert Molineux.
Approximately 20 km NE of Mount Pleasant, SA.
C. vellea? See B66.02.01, p. 123, where locations outside Central Australia are listed, for example, M's own collections at the Victoria River.
Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the Mount Pleasant branch of the Agricultural Bureau of South Australia on 9 November 1894, in South Australian chronicle, 24 November 1894, p. 13.
Please cite as “FVM-94-11-00a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on